wealthy british soil it's time to. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy is a report on. a tidal wave of illegal immigration is threatening to drown europe as uprisings in north africa and the middle east see thousands flood italian shores. the world's debating a multi-billion dollar democracy package for the region hit by a revolt but for many argue crippling cuts mean the money is desperately needed

elsewhere. and in other news ukraine's h.i.v. positive patients accuse the health ministry of banking on their illness as corruption and mismanagement mean the sick are left without essential drugs. it is coming out of the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshua welcome to the program europe is facing an unprecedented wave of illegal immigrant . and after libya threaten to lead refugees poor into the continent the revolt across north africa and the middle east has already on least thousands on italian shores and as the chaos spread through the region their numbers are only growing europe is going off reports. we don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see this tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just

around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and more leaders sent to other european countries nevertheless this place still managed to remain a peaceful isolated world populated mostly by fishermen and holiday makers but just recently the peace was disturbed after the recent revolution in tunisia in just two weeks the island became flooded with a wave of refugees many spend their entire days this wandering around town there have already been reports of an vandalism and several have been arrested we've been talking to the locals and some of them are even afraid to come out on the streets when it's dark it takes around three days to seal from tunisia to lampedusa and these are some of the actual boats used by the refugees to get here and you can see they're not really that big so it's really hard to believe that sometimes up to three hundred people can cram on each one and actually not all of them even make it

to the island some get lost out there in the open sea and some sink dozens of refugees have already died this is the center where many of the refugees are being house you can see it's like a separate itself they're being given out food and water and clothes and the necessary medical assistance as well all on the state money the problem is it was initially designed to house just around eight hundred fifty people while it had to receive in reality much more than that and another problem is it's really hard to identify all these people and officials say that some of them could be criminals or even terrorists with the e.u. foreign and interior ministers finally meeting to discuss the situation a resolution is needed fast because the violent. protests continuing both in northern africa and in the middle east italy has already warned a new bigger wave of refugees can flood not only ireland but the entire continent

if you go to school of. italy. the e.u. is discussing imposing sanctions against libya for a violent suppression of opposition protests some experts believe the measure could also help stop the flow of illegal immigration. even before all these. things the prospect of massive immigration has always been europe's wars tonight. in real terms it has never been substantial that we have always been below thirty thousand. possible entries every year. clearly the overthrow of the governments poses a whole different set of issues and what europe will be able to do it depends on the ability of actually coordinating among some of the governments that are most affected the instruments. available to the international community in the short

term are very limited i mean imagine if in two months time coral gadhafi is not overthrown i mean business cannot proceed as usual after this so something will have to be done and clearly one obvious thing to do or one immediate thing that could be done is a visa ban on the regime if the violence continue at this at this rate. that would at least avoid color and prevent a carnegie duffy from traveling europe and put up his tents in several european capitals as he has done over the past few years anything beyond that into syria freezing those assets is going to be more complicated but clearly targeted sanctions is the kind of symbolic as well as concrete answer that the international community can get if if the violence continue continues at this rate. now the levy a leader has vowed to fight till the death and dying martyr in his homeland refusing to step down amid widespread anti-government protests in his first major

speech since the rest began colonel muammar qadhafi talked of the call words and traitors responsible for the uprising referring to protest as rats get off the urged his supporters to take to the streets and attack the opposition who he claimed were bribed drugged and serving the devil the libyan interior minister has the fact that enjoyed the protesters calling on the army to follow and support the people's demands for change several libyan ambassadors have also quit in protest over the use of force on civilians demanding the end of could off these decades long rule the country's leader reportedly ordered the army to use airstrikes against demonstrators something he denies several hundred have been killed and over four thousand injured in the first week of violence making it the bloodiest of all the arab league. meanwhile in the amman to anti-government protesters have been killed and dozens injured after supporters of the country's president opened fire

outside a university in the capital sana tens of thousands of rallies across the country for two weeks now demanding the resignation of ali abdullah saleh the president who has been in power for over thirty years has refused to leave office saying he will step down only after national elections in two thousand and thirteen. the u.n. haskin down the libyan leader over his crackdown on protesters and cold for an end to the bloodshed u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton also described the violence as completely unacceptable r.t. is going to count as more from washington. the situation in libya has been critical for more than a week now the protests there turn out to be a lot more violent than they were in egypt or anywhere else in the way john but washington's we action as analysts point out has been as slow and cautious as ever only this tuesday did secretary of state hillary clinton come out to the press and call for libya to stop the bloodshed she also called for leaders in bahrain and yemen to show restraint when handling the protests what analysts point out despite

the cautious words of concern expressed by the u.s. administration there is no more of that democracy celebration that we saw. a week ago when obama delivered all those passionate speeches on people of egypt making their voice heard and embracing democracy with analysts say it was easier and safer for the u.s. to root for democracy and support the people because there is the army there which is the very powerful and is largely supported and financed by the united states and is now in control of fidget but in other countries in libya for example the u.s. doesn't have that same leverage levy has the we just proven oil reserves in africa it is the twelve largest oil exporter in the world experts say it is very hard to predict who will take power if gadhafi is out that washington's biggest fear is that those uprisings in the region could bring about leaders who will be hostile to the united states market off he never was their favorite leader that's for sure but seven years ago he agreed to open up leave all or oil riches to the west and let

them invest in oil production so they kind of left him alone but now with protests spreading like wildfire is across the region the u.s. seems to have little control over what's going to happen next there also the u.s. is very sensitive about bahrain they have their fleet there to protect all the swears come out a major oil shipping lane and keep an eye on iran and they have good relations with the king of bahrain and all that political unrest could really undermine the u.s. presence in the gulf so they're very conscious calling for democracy there or even yemen for that matter where. antigovernment protests are also going on the u.s. sponsors the yemeni government in exchange for their food cooperation in chasing down terrorist suspects experts say the un rest there is very dangerous for the united states a school the stark there for the thing rhetoric that we've seen here in washington many analysts say for the u.s. is not really about supporting democracy in those countries it's about securing their interests. there are now more on the global impact of the unrest in the

middle east and north africa coming your way shortly but first let's look at what's ahead the sour accusations of negligence a child of the positive patients in ukraine are pointing the finger at the government as they suffer from a shortage of violin medication. and a moscow a football team secures a place in the last sixteen of the you probably becoming the first russian club to do so that's coming up in hours. later this hour. western nations are debating a multi-billion dollar a deals for what's seen as democratic and economic transformation north africa and the middle east but while politicians in europe and the us say the west should show region the tangible fruits of freedom many believe the timing couldn't be worse laura amad explains. in the battle for hearts and

minds in the middle east a new front has opened up influential voices from the heart of europe to washington are urging western politicians to take advantage of on rest by pumping in fast sums of money in eight to show the newly liberated people of the region that democracy does carry rewards but it's cash that many europeans don't feel they have through their search for them with i'll give it a broader one of those shirts i think we should be close to on the football i mean obviously they did serve some money start helping to democracy but we need to be the council ruling arse that's crazy should probably try to look after was put on hold first before you try to make a try and sort themselves out reading at this moment our country is going through these big cuts and that money i think could be used for foreign but that's the aid package being proposed by e.u. and us leaders is potentially the biggest since the end of the second world war

it's being dubbed the new marshall plan after the money that america gave to europe after the war to help rebuild a decimated economy and create jobs but robert oulds from the british group says we should be concentrating on trade not eight countries such as egypt and tunisia and other countries developing nations are hurt their agricultural policies are damaged as a result of the european union's policies we need to have trade policies which stop hurting the third world would stop hurting developing nations and that. that would be the better way of securing a long term. for countries that are these emerging democracies instead of europe in the us are talking about handing over billions of dollars to the middle eastern mediterranean to countries torn apart by revolution and on rest and despite the opposition in the u.k. there are also some who believe it's the duty of developed countries to help those

in trouble we're lucky to have a democracy. democracy throughout the world i think the middle east needs our help it's going to. question transition that's the moment. to despise our problems are told we can't just close up we have to look at the world we live in but it may not be as simple as that unlike europe after the second world war egypt and own two will toward their developing economies going through revolution and it's very unclear at this point who is going to end up in charge and who would take receipt of any aid package the government made extensive attempts to build relations build up regimes which now being destroyed by revolutions whether we're looking out over the years to egypt who are looking out for big deals tony blair was shaking hands on just a few years ago in libya was gadhafi so we need to be really careful particularly

when we don't know what the road for the final government things there is will be but we don't wind up with resources when we have the right one so if the muslim brotherhood takes over in egypt do we want them to be taking over with institutions which we've built up with western taxpayers money westminster has been the scene of ugly demonstrations against government proposals to cut funds to some of the u.k.'s most vital services while some undoubtedly believe it would be a sad day when western countries refused to help build democracy others say it's the wrong help potentially going to. wrong people the wrong target for a cash strapped to your average o.t. . and as the crisis in libya shows no signs of abating oil prices across the world continue to spike well you know across live to our business desk keeps your fingers firmly on the pulse of the latest trends there so you'll hear what's the buzz in the business community what's the forecast are we going to see record oil

prices in the near future well merino oil prices have been particularly volatile in recent years and we saw them reaching one hundred forty seven dollars a barrel in june july excuse me two thousand and eight before plummeting to thirty two dollars a barrel that december the financial crisis so some of the lists are saying we may see them rise up to one hundred fifty dollars a barrel again but this shop rises of course raising fears the global recovery might be stopped in its tracks how with some say the fears are overplayed especially since the oil supplies are still moving relatively freely and because saying it's ready to meet any shortages in supply when it happens well surging oil prices are of course a big challenge for airlines and if you prices could turn what had been forecast as a very profitable year into a very complicated year transportation was particularly vulnerable to rising oil

prices but all sorts of businesses affected manufacturer and supermarkets unfortunately high oil is likely to hit ordinary consumers while it's to let's listen to what experts are saying. of course all prices have a knock on effect to the cost of most most items because of course you need energy to to make products and deliver them to shop so. if prices continue to stay safe say hi that will have significant inflation pressures . on europe and the world so i mean that as we've heard or oil prices may lead to soaring costs for food transportation travel and heating and definitely have depleted consumer spending power so we'll have more analysis in our business bulletin just five minutes time or to that your thanks very much indeed

for this forecast and analysis there. britain's prime minister as come under fire from mental weapons campaigners after it emerged he took to fans firms representatives with him on his middle east tour u.k. manufacturer of crowd control vehicles have apparently been filmed on the streets of libya being used against protesters all over spray from amnesty international says britain's tough arms sales was are being abused. the vehicles that we've identified that appear to have been identified from from the youtube footage should never have been sold in the first place and it was just amnesty saying that an influential u.k. parliamentary committee was very critical of that decision back in two thousand and eight it is true to say that the u.k. does on paper have very strong rules it is not supposed to sell any equipment where there is a reasonable risk that they'll be used to fuel armed conflict and human rights violations now in this case in libya and elsewhere and elsewhere across the region

but particularly in libya i think their judgment has been wrong and i think they have agreed the sales where and when they should have done because i think it was clear back in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine when these losses were being approved by by the previous government actually that there were very real risks that they would fuel human rights atrocities exactly what we're seeing on our on our t.v. screens right now. later peter lavelle and he's crossed i guess debate whether with the best way to achieve democracy in the middle east and north africa is for the western world to put its faith in the people on the ground. to think the west should be much more forceful in making it clear that we've had it with more market duffy i think it was a major strategic mistake in the previous administration to sort of lead off the off the hook just because he came clean on his weapons of mass destruction ok reed and i to go over to you in brussels we hear things coming out of the obama administration some of the things about hillary clinton is that a state department. what kind when they say they want to help the people in the

arab world towards their democratic aspirations the usual rhetoric here i mean do you think what you think most people in the region to say thanks but no thanks i think the causes of these revolutions are indigenous and the answers are indigenous and the united states has not won friends in the region with its invasion of iraq it hasn't won friends by supporting dictators it hasn't won friends by. undermining democracy where the wrong people won. that debate about the fate of democracy in the arab middle east and crosstalk it's just over an hour's time here on our team. in the meantime hundreds of thousands of people living with hiv are fighting for their lives in ukraine as the government

stands accused of delaying the supply of vital drugs and made claims of state corruption patients have been forced to jeopardize their health in a bid to stay alive. as the story. ever since you learned the learned she was a child positive her life has been a nightmare and the last few months have made matters even worse a local aid center which had been providing iliana with medication told her that they no longer had even a logical serum for her three year old son and dre also infected with a deadly virus when they told me that i have to give my pill to adult ones to andre and that i have to split each peel into three how can i split it into exactly three parts and how do i know if his body will accept these pills late last year several ukrainian regents reported a shortage of immune strengthening drugs used by hiv positive patients experts point the finger at the country's health ministry all of them that have official

say this happened because the bidding for the purchase of drugs happened too late not in the summer but in the winter they received funding too late this whole system of buying drugs by tender is corrupt through and through. following this delay in supplies some hiv patients have had to alter their treatment and find alternative medication doctors say they have no choice but such changes can pose a grave danger to green's health ministry reports of at least one hundred thousand people to people in the country however experts say this number is diminished and the real amount of the infected may go to three hundred and fifty thousand people. official say for the present the supply crisis has been dealt with. for now all regions have received the required medication the only drugs which are still on their way to children's bills it's going to stand there will be delivered within a few days but doctors say within six months the show the positive may feel the

damaging effects of the recent halt in supplies and roundabout that sign they are expecting another shortage of anti-viral medicine you know hopes she and her son will be able to make it through all of this once more. see reporting from key of. ukraine will keep up to date on our web site r.t. dot com and here's a taste of what's online right now despite a large number of deadly shootings on u.s. streets texas could soon become the next state to allow handguns on university campuses as a majority of lawmakers support the bill. and as russia celebrates man's day and new survey suggest almost a third of women in the country would rather swap sex by now why at r.t. dot com. a quick look at some other stories from around the

world now and rescue crews in the new zealand city of christchurch are continuing frantic efforts to pull survivors from buildings following a devastating earthquake on tuesday that killed seventy five people dozens were rescued from collapsed buildings overnight but there are grave concerns for a further three hundred who are still missing disastrous tremor struck at lunch time with falling structures raining to breed down on the city's busy streets. to raney and warships have passed through the suez canal for the first time in more than three decades the vessels are on route to the mediterranean sea for a training mission with syria though iran has stated there is no military equipment or nuclear materials on board the ships the prime minister of israel who considers both countries hostile the now it's the move as a provocation. pirates have killed four americans taken captive aboard their yacht off the coast of amman the victims are husband and wife and their two friends were

attempting to sail around the world u.s. military forces trailing the vessel had tried to negotiate with the hijackers they stormed the yacht in response to sounds of gunfire and killed two pirates while securing the boat three of the hostages were found dead and a fourth died later from her warns. train services to peruse the storage much of petrou ruins have resumed following a closure due to flooding the rail line runs along the river that had risen following twenty days of heavy rain many people got stranded on their way to the popular attraction last year in early february flooding near the site kept it closed to tourists for two months. brings us up to date here in our next it's time for of the business news with to go away.

hello time for the business update a very warm welcome and of course the shah prize in the oil price dear to the unrest in the middle east has raised fears the global recovery might be stopped in its tracks economists argue the high energy costs will drag on for a child economists still struggling to emerge from the financial crisis but from a created believes the fears are being overplayed especially since oil supplies are still moving relatively freely we need to take into account the global economic developments they take considerable time so assuming that the situation in the middle east doesn't escalate further significantly we should rather concede there is like

a short term problem i should emphasize that so far because when seen any even minor disruptions to all supplies from major markets including europe. we had problems in egypt. notwithstanding oil shipments through the suez canal were unaffected what we currently see in libya while and rest actually hasn't produced any material impact on the crude supply. and all of got stocks have hurt the best all the way kids in russia they've benefited not just from the rising oil price but also from speculation in the media that upcoming tax reforms could see them operating under a more favorable regime. there's a secular theme in russia of the tax reform which seems to be finding support even in this difficult environment. of the market sell off and we think that. all the names that are exposed to the good exports such as you have to. look oil

could be out the farmers in the market towards the end of the week. exploration deal signed between ross nafta and b.p. has raised the possibility of tapping into russia's arctic energy resources but even if the difficult to sit around doing that can be overcome still remains the challenge of extracting view oil and gas from the frozen breach and the president of the russian union of oil and gas groups believes drilling will only become economically viable when the oil price hits one hundred fifty dollars per barrel. yes it's very expensive to develop the arctic show i'm not saying we shouldn't develop this area but we still don't have enough experience to deal with it i believe we should start the development with the pros who reaches one hundred fifty dollars per barrel and beyond for example to drill one metre of the arctic shelf can cost up to one million rubles so we should calculate accordingly. let's have

a look at the markets now and here in russia if the national holiday so there'll be no trading but the rest of the world is going to work starting from asia here at the stock market edging down weighed down by wall street's sharp losses on tuesday and continued political turmoil in libya japan's nikkei is losing point eight percent this hour hanks saying is down about half a percent. and russian can make a solace and u.s. auto giant ford will invest one point four billion dollars in a new joint venture in twenty twenty the intention is to raise ford's market share in russia to nine percent on the current four point seven percent the can make us hope to get a state secured loan reportedly flown. by with most of the money to be sent on more than you mortals with locally made hearts solar's reached an agreement with ford but halted talks on a.